Coin-purse



NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. ELLERY, OF BURLINGTON, IOWA.

COIN-PURSE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 'No. 234,009, datedNovember 2, 1880. Application filed September 13, 1880. (ModeL) To allwhom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. ELLERY, ofBurlington, Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in(loin-Purses, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in coin-purses; and it consistsmore particularly in the novel arrangement of compartments to hold thecoin, and in the combination thereof with any ordinary purse orpocket-book, all as will now be more fully set out and explained.

The figure shown in the drawing is a view of the face of the tray, withthe purse or pocketbook half-opened to show the same.

In the drawing, Ais a coin-tray, rectangular in shape, provided with thecompartments B B B B B, adapted to diHerent-sized coins opening into acommon space, Before the opening of each compartment in the floor of thetray is a slot, b, for the insertion of the finger end to lift the coin.

O is intended to represent any ordinary purse or pocket-book with theusual provision for reception of papers, notes, money, &c., to or uponwhich purse or pocket-book the tray 25 A may be in any convenient waysuitably attached.

I know that coin-trays with compartments suited to different-sized coinsare in use, and this I do not broadly claim.

What I claim, and desire to secure, is

A purse or pocket-book, 0, provided with a coin-holder, A, havingdifferent-sized compartments B, opening into a central space, and with aslot, b, adjacent to each, substantially 5 as described.

WILLIAM H. ELLEBY.

Witnesses:

THos. JOHNSTON, Jr., WALTER. B. EATON.

